Ballet to Me

By Courtney King I recently washed my ballet tights and somehow they all ended up grey. I now have four pairs of pink, grey-tinged tights. Of course, this does not pose an immediate problem, but for the day I enter a ballet class, I do not desire that my tights […]

January 23, 2014  |  Read Article

The Bunion: Sleeping Beauty…or the Ugly Insomniac

By Emmaly Wiederholt and Maggie Stack A story of love, intrigue and… sleep loss? Aurora, otherwise known as the beauty in Sleeping Beauty, can’t sleep! That’s because there’s a police helicopter that circles around her neighborhood and she stays up too late watching Downton Abbey or Mad Men and then […]

January 20, 2014  |  Read Article

The Bunion: Swan Lake… or Pig Puddle

By Maggie Stack and Emmaly Wiederholt Ballet companies have been producing Swan Lake for the last couple hundred years. Instead of yet another rendition of Swan Lake to boo-hoo over, we’d like to present an alternative: the epic tragedy of a prince and his love for a pig gone awry […]

January 13, 2014  |  Read Article

Transferring Knowledge and Tradition: An Interview with Enrico Labayen

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Enrico pulled together two long white ballet barres until they stood a foot apart. A mix of athleticism and emotion unfolded as he folded himself in and around the barres, building to a critical point where he slowly turned his head while balanced […]

October 28, 2013  |  Read Article